diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
index be873d09b..ca21e3612 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@ void OMW::Engine::go()
     mViewer = new osgViewer::Viewer;
 
     osg::ref_ptr<osgViewer::StatsHandler> statshandler = new osgViewer::StatsHandler;
+    statshandler->setKeyEventTogglesOnScreenStats(osgGA::GUIEventAdapter::KEY_F9);
 
     statshandler->addUserStatsLine("Script", osg::Vec4f(1.f, 1.f, 1.f, 1.f), osg::Vec4f(1.f, 1.f, 1.f, 1.f),
                                    "script_time_taken", 1000.0, true, false, "script_time_begin", "script_time_end", 10000);
diff --git a/components/sdlutil/sdlinputwrapper.cpp b/components/sdlutil/sdlinputwrapper.cpp
index eb3370cf7..1f47d5304 100644
--- a/components/sdlutil/sdlinputwrapper.cpp
+++ b/components/sdlutil/sdlinputwrapper.cpp
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ InputWrapper::InputWrapper(SDL_Window* window, osg::ref_ptr<osgViewer::Viewer> v
                         mKeyboardListener->keyPressed(evt.key);
 
                     // temporary for the stats viewer
-                    if (evt.key.keysym.sym == SDLK_s)
-                        mViewer->getEventQueue()->keyPress('s');
+                    if (evt.key.keysym.sym == SDLK_F9)
+                        mViewer->getEventQueue()->keyPress(osgGA::GUIEventAdapter::KEY_F9);
 
                     break;
                 case SDL_KEYUP:
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ InputWrapper::InputWrapper(SDL_Window* window, osg::ref_ptr<osgViewer::Viewer> v
                         mKeyboardListener->keyReleased(evt.key);
 
                     // temporary for the stats viewer
-                    if (evt.key.keysym.sym == SDLK_s)
-                        mViewer->getEventQueue()->keyRelease('s');
+                    if (evt.key.keysym.sym == SDLK_F9)
+                        mViewer->getEventQueue()->keyRelease(osgGA::GUIEventAdapter::KEY_F9);
 
                     break;
                 case SDL_TEXTINPUT: